Hello all; After having a conversation with a fellow SharePoint engineer about search it prompted me to gain a further understanding of some of it’s aspects. While I couldn’t possibly hope to explain everything in SharePoint search I did want to focus on the ‘best bets’ functionality in this post. Best bets essentially allows you to inject your chosen content at the top of search queries […]

Hi All; I had a recent request I wanted to share with everyone. This question centered around how to use calculated columns and SharePoint functions. I’ll note here that the functions that are available to Excel are similar but not exactly the same as SharePoint’s functions. A good primer guide to SharePoint functions can be found here: Microsoft Office/Support/ SharePoint/ […]

Hi All; I just had this question on how to create a new calendar with a custom column that I thought would make a good post. I’ll document the process in SharePoint 2010, and note any differences if you are trying to do this in SharePoint 2007. 1) Let us create the calendar.

SharePoint PowerShell: Backup and Restore a List or Document Library. Sometimes some of the most simplest things are the easy to forget. I had a situation where I was asked, ‘Hey how can I export a list for safekeeping and restore it later from a script?’

In a twisted odd of fate I work in the information technology field but do very little work in Excel. In short my experience with Excel stops at about AutoSum. I did at least want to take a look at it and see what it had to offer in the way for SharePoint 2010.